Ibrahim Hq
Ibrahim Hq is a 17-year-old poet who dreams of becoming a doctor. He is one of many teenagers in the Gaza Strip who are helping provide for their family during the genocide.
βThe world sees and shuts its eyes. Enough, enough our children have been killed and starved, our youth's biggest dream is to migrate, and parents only think about what they will feed their children tomorrow. And then some lunatic comes on TV and speaks about humanity. Have mercy on us. My dreams are shattered.
Every night when I lay my head on the pillow to sleep, I wonder if I will ever return to being the Ibrahim I was before the war the one who dreamed of life, of success, of the future, the one who saw himself in the highest ranks, proud of himself. Now I wait for any donation just to secure tomorrow's meal.β
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Read writing from Ibrahim
Strength in Every Street
Ah, beauty of all lands, oh
Gaza, deep wound
You remain in the heart of the
fields, steadfast despite the
flames
Every melody in you is a
revolution, every child in you
a star
Every mother beneath the rubble
prays to a God who never fails
They besieged you with a
thousand swords, struck
you with a thousand fires
Yet your spirit rises
above, like light upon
mountain peaks
Oh flower among bullets,
oh sun of the free across
time
In you, determination
never dies, in you, the
eyes of hope shine
But despite the
bombing, hunger,
and darkened
skies I promise I
will never bow.
I will remain
strong and
unshaken, until
the dawn rises
from beneath the
rubble.
Palestine Stands Strong: A Flame of Beauty and Hope
Here is the land, the bride
of sea and plain,
it shines with the face of
dawn and rain.
Its olive trees a crown upon
the mountain peaks,
and golden wheat sings
despite the mud it seeks.
No matter how heavy the
wounds may weigh,
we guard the soil and drink
from hope each day.
Gaza, o path of steadfastness
and song,
you remain a flame in us,
burning strong.
To the world: 700 days are enough for your conscience to awaken.
Our children have grown up in tents instead of schools, our women have carried unbearable burdens, and our youth have carried on their shoulders a wounded homeland they never abandoned.
We are here, unshaken, writing history that Gaza was never defeated, that 700 days are not the end, but proof that willpower is stronger than war.
Gaza today = the dignity of the world.
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